Real Estate is a LIFESTYLE

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Prior to the housing crisis, many consumers were in the mindset of buying a "starter home" to stay in for five or six years and then move on to a larger space as their family grew. But the idea of the starter home has become a fading memory.

Homeowners don't want to give up their ultralow mortgage interest rates that they have secured in recent years. They're also finding fewer larger homes to move into. As a result, many are making the best of what they once pictured as their "starter home."

Home buyers stayed in their homes an average of six years before selling from 1987 to 2008, according to the National Association of REALTORS. Since 2010, the number of years homeowners are staying has now jumped to around 15 years.